Re: [ebxml-dev] Re: [ISO8601] ISO 8601 references in W3C specifications

[Rémy Marchand <rm-edi@worldnet.fr>]

Yes, we definitively need these basic components, urgently, and under the
format of an XML schema would be good.

Schemas for addresses have already been produced by HR-XML.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen GOULD" <sggould@oic.org>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 3:54 PM
Subject: [ebxml-dev] Re: [ISO8601] ISO 8601 references in W3C specifications


> I agree with Aron hence the need to provide a simple structured templates
for
> SME software developers that they can incorporate in their software
application
> developments.
>
> This applies to not only dates but also:
>
> 1 Organisation communication channels
> 2 Organisation physical location
> 3 Individual communication channels
> 4 Individual physical location
>
> 1 Information relating to the name and communication channels of any
> organisation
> eg Tel
> Fax
> Web
> E-mail
> ref http://www.oic.org/3d1.htm
>
> 2 Information relating to a person and their communications channels
within
> that organisation
> eg Tel
> Fax
> Mobile
> E-mail
> Pager
> http://www.oic.org/3d1g3c.htm
>
> 3 Address details for physical delivery or personal visits
>
> These are the type of utilities that should be provided by the ebXML
> Repositories for SME software developers.
>
> They should also be used by the IT departments so that the SMEs can
> send and receive the appropriate e-business information
>
> Stephen GOULD
>
> On 26 Feb 02, at 10:45, Aron Roberts wrote:
>
> > Tex Texin wrote:
> >
> > >AHA, I just found an old e-mail that lists a number of w3c and related
> > >standards that reference 8601:
> > >(Extracted from an email from Aron Roberts. I am not sure if this mail
> > >isnt in turn an extract from somewhere else.)
> > >
> > >    Some examples -- which include working drafts and other
> > >'recommendation-track' documents at various stages -- include:
> > >
> > >    - XML Schema Datatypes
> > >      http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2
> > >
> > >    - Resource Description Framework (RDF),
> > >      via the optional incorporation of Dublin Core metadata
> > >      (as per the discussion in section 7.4)
> > >      http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-rdf-syntax/
> > >
> > >[... many others omitted here in the interest of brevity ...]
> >
> >    This message that Tex cited, including the rather bold opinions
> > below, is entirely mine, and thus I'm solely responsible for any
> > inaccuracies and mistaken prognostications ;-).
> >
> > >    The inclusion of XML Schema, RELAX, and TREX on this list is of
> > >considerable significance.  These are the three leading,
> > >next-generation schema languages for describing eXtensible Markup
> > >Language (XML) document types.
> > >
> > >    If present trends hold, a significant portion of the world's
> > >structured data will at some point in its transmission, use, or
> > >storage be marked up in XML.  By implication, dates and times
> > >appearing in XML documents or data streams -- and which are
> > >explicitly defined by one of these schema languages as date- or
> > >time-related elements or attributes -- would thus need to conform to
> > >datatypes derived from ISO 8601.
> >
> >    Essentially, I'm predicting that XML -- more than any other effort
> > or technological development -- will be the driving force behind
> > widespread 'real world' adoption of ISO 8601 date and time formats.
> > We'll see if this comes to pass ...
> >
> > Aron Roberts  Workstation Software Support Group . 221 Evans Hall
> >                University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3808 USA
> >                aron@socrates.berkeley.edu . +1 510-642-5974 . fax
510-643-5385
> >
> >
> >
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>
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